Ponder Woodcock is a novelist, poet, and amateur ecologist who lived in Cairo for five years and currently resides in Toronto, Canada. Magic Needles Magic Knife is their debut novel. They have a poetry chapbook entitled Roots Water Concrete, social media bursting with poetry and nature photography, and an assortment of short stories, all of which can be found on their website. They are currently crafting a series of young adult fantasy novels dubbed The Burning Tree Trilogy. You can visit them at ponderwoodcock.com or @ponderwanders.